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What are the future of cultural journalism, recommendation and prescription ? Between the traditionnal cultural critic – who is an endangered species – and the automatic filtering – which is not enough efficient –, « Smart Curation » offers new tools and new ways of thinking the future of recommendation in the age of content abundance. An (…) Read more
Published on novembre 27, 2015
Interview with Frederic Martel by Virginie De Kerautem (BFM Business Channel / L’Atelier) Seen from afar, the globalisation of information and communication technologies might appear to be leading to uniformity. However in reality countries, governments and populations are shaping the way the Internet is used to suit themselves. Interview with Frédéric Martel, researcher, journalist and (…) Read more
Published on juin 23, 2014
A new cultural conversation is on the horizon. The new geopolitics of the internet will no longer be made up of one dominant stream, a ‘mainstream’ steered by America, but will comprise a multitude of small streams between all countries. By Frédéric Martel
Published on juin 3, 2014
This 8 minutes Op-Doc video chronicles the four-year struggle to get a remote Peruvian village connected with the outside world.
Published on mai 20, 2014
In « Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet », Charles Arthur chronicles the emergence of the giants of the technology industry.
Published on mai 8, 2014
In his book « Curation Nation », Steven Rosenbaum offers readers interesting insight into the way content is organized and propagated throughout the digital sphere. And « Curation » seems a key new approach for the future.
Published on mai 5, 2014
The bibliography for SMART is available online. It has hundreds of books and articles references. This bibliography is entirely in english. And available for free in Creative Commons. You can download it here : Sources & Bibliography
Published on avril 29, 2014
In a largely commented article a few months ago, the New York Times explained its strategy about social networks.
Published on avril 21, 2014
Outline/Table Prologue 1. The Valley 2. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 3. Mobile 4. “IT means Indian Technologies” 5. Smart city 6. Urban revitalisation with the internet 7. My Isl@m 8. The Regulator 9. From culture to « content » 10. Social TV 11. Game over 12. “EU” Epilogue Glossary Sources
Published on avril 15, 2014
Frédéric Martel, SMART, On the internets (Translated by Adriana Hunter) Prologue “CYBERCAFÉS ARE NO LONGER THE THING. They’re tending to shut up shop. Everyone has internet access at home now, and people go to coffee shops with free wifi,” Bashar tells me. With its logo of four little @ signs representing the internet, the (…) Read more
Published on avril 15, 2014
